Mauro Vargas, 7, tells Officer Ron Manzo of the West Springfield Police Department that he wants to be a police officer when he grows up. Vargas met the police officer during the National Night Out ice-cream social at Ravensworth Baptist Church in Springfield on Tuesday, Aug. 6.

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His eyes wide with excitement, 7-year-old Mauro Vargas ran up to Officer Ron Manzo the minute he spotted the blue uniform at the Ravensworth Baptist Church in Springfield on Tuesday, Aug. 6.